Ring-a-Ding-Ding! (1961)
Duets (1993)
Sinatra & Sextet (1994)
Sinatra ’57 in Concert (1999)
"A Foggy Day", commonly known as "A Foggy Day (In London Town)" is a Gershwin brothers song that Frank Sinatra initially recorded for his 1954 Capitol album, Songs for Young Lovers.
Sinatra later rerecorded the song in his 1961 album, Ring-a-Ding-Ding!, the first album under his self-founded label, Reprise Records. Live versions were also performed by Sinatra, and were used in the albums Sinatra & Sextet: Live in Paris as well as Sinatra ’57 in Concert.
A duet version was also performed by Sinatra featuring Willie Nelson. This rendition of the song was featured in Sinatra's 1993 Capitol album, Duets.
History[]
"A Foggy Day" was initially written by George and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film A Damsel in Distress, however this original version was performed by Fred Astaire. Frank Sinatra first recorded the song in 1953 for his Capitol album, Songs for Young Lovers. Since its initially recording by Astaire, the song as become one of the more famous Gershwin brothers songs.
Releases[]
- Studio recordings
- Songs for Young Lovers (1954)
- Ring-a-Ding-Ding! (1961)
- Duets II (1994) (featuring Willia Nelson)
- Live performances
- Sinatra & Sextet (1994)
- Sinatra ’57 in Concert (1999)
- Reissues
- Concepts (1992)
- The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings (1995)
- The Very Best of Frank Sinatra (1997)
- The Capitol Years (1998)
- Young at Heart (2008)
- Frank Sinatra 5CD (2009)
- Sinatra: Best of the Best (2011)
Lyrics[]
I was a stranger in the city
Out of the town were the people I knew
I had that feeling of self pity
What to do, what to do, what to do
The outlook was decidedly blue
But as I walked through the deary streets alone
It turned out to be, the luckiest day I've known
A foggy day, in London town
Had me low and it had me down
I viewed the morning, with much alarm
The British Museum, it lost its charm
How long, I wondered
Could this thing last
But the age of miracles
It hadn't past
For suddenly I saw you standing right there
And in foggy London town
The sun was shining, shining, shining, shining, shining everywhere
How long, I wondered
Could this thing possibly last
But the age of miracles
It hadn't past
For suddenly I saw you right there
And in foggy London town
The sun was shining everywhere
Other artists[]
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